Setting: Fairytale
To Be a Hero Chapter 2
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Genre: ComedySetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: “Bob’s your uncle”, “Speak of the devil”, Armour, Awe, Cliché, Crush, Foal, Guts, Hoof, Instinct, LairWord Count: 2008Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyWhen we last saw our hero-in-training, Norm, and his ghostly teacher, Elric, they were walking at a sensible pace through the forest to recover the King’s lost pegasus. After several hours of walking, filled with Elric insisting they (quietly) play a variety of childish word games, they arrived at the cave where the creature was hiding.
To Be a Hero Chapter 1
Once there was a boy called Norm who lived with his stepmother. Like all stepmothers, she was wicked, and she spent all day shouting at Norm. ‘It’s freezing in here! Where’s the firewood? Oh, if only Sabrina were here!’ Sabrina was her own daughter, who had died the day Norm was born, the same day that Norm’s father abandoned them in the dirty little hut where they lived. So Norm grew up under the thumb…
Three Dragons
Once upon a time, there lived three dragons on three mountains. They were brothers, and each ruled over their own mountain. One was black, called Ba, one was red, called Ra, and one was green, called Ga. In the middle of the three mountains lay a small kingdom, ruled over by a human king, but the dragons paid little attention to this. Within the kingdom, however, the dragons caused much anxiety.
Luck and Reason
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Genre: PhilosophicalSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Carver, Chop off, Commoner, Execute, Gardener, Get down on your knees, Reason, Royal, Sword, TailorWord Count: 1120Original Author: Katherine from the Czech RepublicOnce upon a time, Luck met with Reason. ‘Get down on your knees!’ said Luck. ‘Why?’ ‘Because you must respect me!’ Reason was still young, and didn’t understand what Luck was saying. ‘Why should I get on my knees? You aren’t any better than me.’
Puss in Boots
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Genre: ComedySetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Count (person), Feather, Guard (person), Land (owning), Make a decision, Puss, Sorcerer, Trust, Turn into, WheatWord Count: 1856Original Author: Fairy TalesOnce there was a young man called Jack. He lived on a farm with his two older brothers and his father. His father made all the decisions on the farm, and as he got older, the farm got smaller. The boys did not like to work, and so many of the animals died or left. Finally, the father died, and he gave his things to his sons. To the oldest son he gave the house,…
The Musical Forest
Once upon a time, there was a forest far away from the rest of humankind. In this forest, there lived mice, birds, rabbits and so on, but this was no ordinary forest. The King of the Forest was a stag, who had wandered there after being thrown out from his family. Growing up, he was a weak, sad child, and when his horns emerged they were bent and broken. His family rejected him, sending him…
The Musicians of Bremen
Once there was a donkey who lived with a farmer. The donkey was very old. Before, he had worked every day in the fields and carried many heavy things. Now he was old, and he found it hard to carry heavy things. One day, the donkey was carrying a very heavy bag of food and fell down. ‘Now this is bad,’ said the farmer. ‘I need a strong animal who can work for me. If…
The Red Mountain
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Genre: Myths & LegendsSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Anti-blackness, Arrest, Attack, Bail money, Brutality, Colonialism, Corruption, Fearless, Fight, Funeral, Heartless, Immigrant, Knight, Look like, Marry, Prince, Princess, Protest, Racism, Slave, Theory, Tower, Weak, WeaponWord Count: 2084Original Author: Beatrice ValleferroOnce, there was a horrible king. He loved killing people. If someone bothered him, he said, ‘Fight me!’ and made the person fight him. He always won the fight, and the floors of the castle always had blood on them. Everyone was afraid of him. His family was afraid of him, his friends were afraid of him, and the people of his country were afraid of him. When the King was not there, they called…
The Paper Man
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Attack, Blind, Blow (wind), Burn, Cardboard, Disabled, Flatten out, Giant, Human, Insult, Jealous, Keep away, Save, Scrunch upWord Count: 883Once there was a man made of paper. He was called the Paper Man. He lived in a town called Dull. In Dull, the people hated anyone strange. They hated clowns, they hated magic people and they hated anyone who didn’t do what they did. Of course, they hated the Paper Man as well, because humans are not made of paper!
The Mirror of Misurina
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Genre: Myths & LegendsSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: “I don’t have a clue”, Curiosity, Fairy, Giant, Humble, NHS, Play a joke on someone, Smack, Spoiled, State (country), Tell off, Throughout, Throw a tantrumWord Count: 1613Original Author: Beatrice ValleferroOnce upon a time there was a father and his daughter. The father was called Sorapis, while his daughter’s name was Misurina. Misurina’s parents were the King and Queen of the land, and they were both giants. Misurina, however, was a tiny little girl. She could comfortably sit in her father’s jacket pocket and ride around. She often did this, and she made many jokes about her father, who was slow and heavy.